Lining-trimming machine



May '24, 1927. 1,629,560

Q. c. WEBSTER LINING TRIMMING MACHINE Filed May 1. 1924 Patented May 24, 1927. p 3,6295% unites stares earner QFEIQE.

CHARLES c. WEBSTER, OF HAVERl-IILL,'MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR T UNITED SHOE MAOHINERY'CORPORATION', or 'PATERSONyNEW JERSEY,;-.A-CORROBATION F NEW JERSEY;' i r 1 LINING-TRIMMING MACHINE.

Application filed May 1, 1924. Serial no. 710,440.

This invention relates to cutting machines Work is fed in the opposite direction. Thus, and is herein illustrated as embodied in a in trimniing a lining along two edges ofan machine for trimming the linings of boots upper forming an angular notch the work and shoes, l may be fed to cause the trimming to progress 5 In the manufacture of certain kinds of into the notch alonglboth sides of the. latter.

shoes, for example ladies pumps, it is cussince one of the cutting edges of the cutter tomaryto leave part of the lining projecting will precede the pilot into, the notch at one fromthe edge of the upper and to trim off side and the other cutting edge will precede this projecting part after-the shoe is other the pilot into the note-hat. the other side.

10 wise complete. It is also customary to pro- This duplex feature of thetri'mming cutter vide ornamental openings in the upper. to therefore provides for an'improvedmode 0t attach the lining and upper by stitches trimming by which sharply defined and Which extend along-the edges of the openclean-cut angular notches. may befcut'in the ings-inthe upper, and later-usually in the lining. I V

15 packing-room when the. shoe is otherwise .This and other features of the invention. completeto'cut out those portions of the including. certain details of constructionand lining which are exposed bythe ornamental combinations of parts, will begdescribedi as ni i th upper i embodied in an illustrative machine .and

'In either case there are frequently enpointed out in the appendedclaimsfs v 20 countered openings or indentations portions eferr ng now .to thefaccompanying drawof which are V-shaped, acrosswhich the lin ings, i ing extends and from which it must be Figure 1 is a perspective of a portion of a trimmed, machine in which the present invention is One type of machine heretofore used to embodiedl 25 trim boot and shoe linings comprises a igure 2 is a front elevation of the workchisel-shaped trimming'c utterliaving-a-pilot engaging parts ofth achine," a pieceof projecting-from 'oneendofits cutting edge Work beingshown' in cross-section inprocess to 'punoture the lining prior to the actual of being operation upon. V trimming operation of-thecutter. This pilot Figures .3 and i'show in perspective the 30 is notwithd'rawn from the lining While the cutting of the lining which extendsbeneath s0 cutter isoperating, since-it is utilized'also to aVashaped :openingrin vanupper. guide thecutting edge to a sharp-shearing Figure 5 is anelevation ofthe cutter, and edge o'f-a Work support or-cutting block Figure 6.is:a perspective of ashoe. of :1 across which the trimming cutter is reciprotypev in which a narrow indentation .such as cated; Consequently, since the trimming that shown in .Figures 31and 4 occurs. cutter has only-one cutting edge and has a The machine comprises yan overhanging pilot at one end of said edge, the feeding of arm, a portion of which is showniat 7,, In the'work ca-n progress inonly one direction, vertical bearings (not shown) in ,this arm because'the lining must be cut in advance of are slidablymounted two,rods;9 andll. To the pilot'to be fedpast the latter." I the lowerend oft-he rod 9a block,13 is ad- According to the-present invention, the j-ustably. fastened bya screw. 15Yand to :the trimming cutter is provided, as formerly, block a cutter 17 is adjustablyfastened by with a pilot,'but the iatter,-instead of "being screws. 19. On thelower-portion of the rod located atone-side of the cutter, is located .11, the stem of'a combinedguardand gage in the middle and-the cutter has two cut-ting 2 1 isfastened by a :screw 23. The cutter edges extending laterally in opposite-direcrod -9 is reciprocated by mechanism,-.not tions from the pilot.- \Vith a-cutterof this shown, and may. lee-raised :and brought to form one of sa-id cutting edges will -do the rest at any time. Whervso raised itioarries trimming if the WOtkis fed. in-on'e direction witlnit-the rod 11 and gage/ 21, by reason 59 and the other will tie the trimming if the of the Contact of the tar ether .en-d ofethe screw 15 with the under side of the a pin 25 carried by a collar which is fast to a collar on the rod 11. This raising of the cutter and gage is for the purpose of facilitating the presentation of the work to the machine. The gage 21 may be raised independently of the cutter when desirec (for example when a seam in the lining is encountered) by pushing on the handle of a bell-crank lever 27, one arm of which extends beneath rod 11. The reciprocating cutter l7 cooperates with a shear member 28 in the form of a frust-um of a cone which is rotatable about the axis of a screw 29 threaded into a bracket 31, said bracket being fastened to the overhanging arm of the machine by a cap screw The rotatable shea r member shown, Cltscribed and claimed in application Serial No. 657,442, filed Aug. 14, 1923, in the name of Smith, said application being assigned to the same assignee as is the present application. The remainder of the machine, which has been briefly described above, except for the cutter and gage, is or may be substantially the same as the machine of Patent No. 1,406,- 335, granted February 14, 1922, upon an application filed in the name of Boulton, and will not be further described. It will be un derstood, however, that the work is fed by the operator over the shear member 28 with the gage 21 in contact with the 'edge of the upper 100, and that the lining 200 is severed by the reciprocating cutter.

In the patented machine, the reciprocating cutter is provided with an extension or pilot which runs in contact with the vertical face of the shear member and is also provided with only one cutting edge located at that side of the pilot which is nearer the operator.. With such a construction, the work must always be fed away from the operator, and, when an indentation is encoun tered, the work must. be so ted that the cut proceeds along one side of the indentation toward the apex and then along the other side of the indentation away from the apex. Referring now to Figure 6, in which is shown a shoe having two substantially V-shaped indentations 300 in the upper, it will be seen that it is diflicult if not impossible to turn the shoe, when the apex of the V has been reached, in such manner as to cause th lin ing to be cut cleanly out of said apex.

In order to provide for cutting the lining from these and similar indentations, the cutter 17 of the present machine is provided with two cutting edges 35. 37, between which the pilot 39 is located. \Vith this construction, the machine will out whether the work is fed away from or toward the operator. that is in either direction in the line of the cutting edges 35, 37. l Vhen, therefore, a V-shaped indentation such as that shown in the figures is encountered, the operator may proceed as shown in Figures 3 and 4. Considering the indentation only and starting at the pointmarked X, the work is fed away from the operator while the cut progresses from point X to point Y as shown in Figure 3. The work is then withdrawn, turned approximately half way around and fed toward the operator. as shown in Figure 4, to cut from the point Z to the point Y, the arrows in Figures 8 and 4 indicating the directions in which the work is fed. Itshould be noted that the edge of the upper in each case may be held in contact with the edge gage 2l and that the two cuts will progress into the indentation and meet at the apex of the V whereby the lining is cut out precisel according to the contour of the indentation in the upper.

Although the invention has been described in connection with cutting the lining from an indentation in the top of a shoe, it should be understood that it is equally applicable to the cutting out of the so-called panels which occur when ornamental openings of closed outline are present in the upper and that the invention is not limited in the scope of its application to the particular machine which has been shown and described.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is 1. A lining-trimming machine comprising a work-supporting member having a shearing edge, a trimming cutter having a pilot portion and two cutting edges extending in opposite directions from said pilot portion, and mechanism arranged to reciprocate said cutter so that said cutting edges and said pilot portion will move across and in contact with said shearing edge of said worksupporting member.

9. A. machine for severing the lining which extends across an opening in the upper of a shoe having, in combination. means adapted. to extend into the shoe and to support the upper and lining at the desired locality, said means including a shear member, and a reciprocating cutter having a pilot adapt ed to run in contact with a face of the shear member and having two alined cutting edges located respectively ne on one side of the pilot and one on the other whereby the lining may be severed progressively while the shoe is fed either toward the operator or away from him in the direction of extent of said cutting edges.

3. A machine for severing the lining which extends across an opening in the upper of a shoe. a portion of which opening is V- shaped, having, in combination, a shear member, av reciprocating cutter having a pilot adapted to run in contact with a face of the shear member, and an. edge gage located at one side of the cutter in position to engage the edge of the opcnin aid cutter comprising two cutting edges located on opposite sides of the pilot whereby the lining along one leg of the V may be severed by one cutting edge while the work is being fed in one direction with respect to the cutter. and the lining along the other leg may he severed while the work is being fed in the opposite direction, the gage being maintained during both severing: operations in contact with the edge of the opening.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

CHARLES C. WEBSTER. 

